On The Boards Podcast: FAU’s Richard Gamble Talks About Summer Rep And Theater Education in the 21st Century

Cast of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, part of of FAU’s Festival Rep season: Daniella Mason, Matthew Morrell, Eduardo Rivera, Jordon Armstrong, Connor Hammond, Marquita Abu

Florida Theater On Stage produces content with several groups including the Arts Radio Network operated by veteran radio journalists John Watts and Caroline Breder-Watts. ARN is a web-based source for a broad range of coverage of the arts in Palm Beach County.

We are interviewing artists who create the county’s theater under the title On The Boards. Others on a wide variety of arts topics can be found at http://www.artsradionetwork.com.

Richard Gamble

The latest entry is Bill Hirschman’s interview with Florida Atlantic University’s Associate Professor Richard Gamble who talks about FAU’s 27th Summer Festival Rep (A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum, Side By Side By Sondheim and The Man Who Came To Dinner) and looks more generally at how theater arts is being taught on the collegiate level.

To listen to the podcast, click here.

Florida Atlantic University, Festival Rep plays through July 28 at the University Theatre’s Studio One Theatre in Boca Raton. 7 p.m., Saturday-Sunday, 1 p.m. Sundays and some Saturdays. For more information, visit www.fau.edu/festivalrep or call (800) 564-9539.